Just to add to this, Kai's point about guns decaying is a great one. Something else that would also go a long way toward realistic weapons is bullets falling and ricocheting. True it'd mean finding sounds for each surface, but it would give you some more real physics to play with, specially if you could take into account water. I've never been swimming with a gun, honest, but I'm taking an uneducated guess that water messes with velocities and suchlike.
On 2/26/09, Thomas Ward <thomasward1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi kai, > Thanks for the bug report/note. I just wrote it down in the todo file, > and I'll take care of that issue for you in Beta 2. > Smile. > > > Kai wrote: >> Greetings Thom et al. >> >> The game code isn't taking into consideration the sound being played when >> a weapon is fired, and apparently thinks the sound is about 0 seconds >> long. >> >> If you fire the pistol, for example, you have to wait a while before the >> pistol sound will play again (simulating pistol speed / delay?). However, >> if you keep tapping your firing button even while the sound is playing for >> your first shot, you lose ammo, but no further sounds occupy the usage of >> said ammo. >> Furthermore, I'm not sure that the lost ammo is affecting any damage to an >> available target (I unloaded about 20 magnum bullets (only two or three >> shots actually sounded) on the cyclops (on intermediate) in this fashion >> without ever killing him). >> >> Given the modular design of the sounds in MOTA, is there a delay function >> on slower weapons that will only let the firing button use ammo when it >> actually is supposed to? And, in that case, can subsequent sounds for the >> same weapon overlap, rather than replace previous sounds? >> Reasoning: A weapon's speed/sound is probably pretty short, whereas the >> sound's decay time can be long (echo effect). This way, guns would sound >> more realistic. >> If the sounds were simply to replay themselves, interrupting the previous >> shot's decay, you'd have some very cut-off sounds for shots, with >> unnatural ending effects. >> >> Kai >> --- >> Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org >> If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to >> gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. >> You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at >> http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. >> All messages are archived and can be searched and read at >> http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. >> If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the >> list, >> please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. >> > > > --- > Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org > If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to > gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. > You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at > http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. > All messages are archived and can be searched and read at > http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. > If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, > please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. > --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gam...@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
